March 2018 Plumas Arts Gallery Exhibit

New Pottery Show at Plumas Arts Gallery

The Plumas Arts Gallery, located at 525 Main Street in Quincy, will host a reception Friday, March 2, 2018, from 5:00pm to 7:00pm showcasing new ceramics from Joe Winter and Paul Herman, potters who create functional art in the high desert east of Quincy.

Joe Winter initially learned to throw pottery on his own in high school, and went on to get a Fine Arts degree from Northern Arizona University and a Master of Fine Arts from East Carolina University in Greenville, North Carolina. He has exhibited extensively throughout Nevada and California, and has shown his work in the Plumas Arts Gallery for over a decade. Joe’s pottery has sculptural lines and a sophisticated color palette. Whether it’s a set of mugs or his hallmark “flounder” shaped vases, his work is distinctive and beautiful.

Paul Herman, like Joe Winter, starting making pots in high school. He says, “The wet clay smelled rich, like an abandoned silver mine we played in as kids. When I open a bag of clay today, the smell takes me back to that mine up in the barren hills north of Reno.” He began potting full time in 1974 in the Great Basin area, where he still lives. His work is mostly wood-fired, which he first encountered in 2000. He loves the effect of the ash settling on the clay to form natural ash glaze, and the colors and textures created by the flames licking around the pots in the kiln. Local residents have been purchasing his pieces at the Plumas Arts Gallery for over 2 decades, often marking special anniversaries and birthdays with a Paul Herman mug or lidded pot.

The gallery will have shelves of this gorgeous art that plays a daily role in our lives. Come by and pick up a piece for yourself, or as a gift, and add some art to your day.

The exhibit will hang at the Gallery throughout March. The Plumas Arts Gallery and office hours are Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday from 11am to 5pm. Please visit Plumas Arts on the web at www.plumasarts.org for more information about their programs, and to see the gallery exhibition schedule for 2018.